I guess what I'd like to say is that people in Sierra Leone are human beings, just like … - Ishmael Beah

Same topic Authors

Quote of the day

The inimitable writer Maxine Hong Kingston published a book in 2002 with the title To Be the Poet. However, in contrast to the transformatory distinctions Kingston makes between the conditions of being a prose writer and "the poet," my multigenre impulses incline me to a broader transformation: to be a writer.

Ishmael Beah

I guess what I'd like to say is that people in Sierra Leone are human beings, just like Americans. They want to send their kids to school; they want to live in peace; they want to have their basic rights of life just like everyone else. I think we all owe an obligation to support people who want to do that.

Beings, Kids, Like, Live, School, Thinking

Same Author Quotes

In the sky there are always answers and explanations for everything: every pain, every suffering, joy and confusion.

Everything, Joy, Long, Pain, Sky

I believe in having a more open mind and including others who don't share your faith and having dialogue with them. And just having a pure heart and being a good person can bring you closer to God. Because once you believe in one particular religion fully and not others, that requires you to start disliking people who don't share your views.

Believe, Dialogue, Heart, Views

My childhood had gone by without my knowing, and it seemed as if my heart had frozen.

Childhood, Frozen, Gone, Heart, Knowing

Some people tried to hurt us to protect themselves, their family and communities. . . This was one of the consequences of civil war. People stopped trusting each other, and every stranger became an enemy. Even people who knew you became extremely careful about how they related or spoke to you.

Careful, Hurt, Stopped, Trusting Each Other, War

We must strive to be like the moon

Like, Moon, Strive